ἔμπορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-, on) + πόρος (póros, journey).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔμπορος • (émporos) m (genitive ἐμπόρου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Koine)

  1. one who is on a journey: wayfarer, traveller
  2. merchant, trader
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.39:
      τοῖσι μὲν ἂν ᾖ ἀγορὴ καὶ Ἕλληνές σφι ἔωσι ἐπιδήμιοι ἔμποροι, οἳ δὲ φέροντες ἐς τὴν ἀγορὴν ἀπ’ ὦν ἔδοντο
      toîsi mèn àn êi agorḕ kaì Héllēnés sphi éōsi epidḗmioi émporoi, hoì dè phérontes es tḕn agorḕn ap’ ôn édonto
      For some if there is a market and resident Greek merchants are there, they bring it into the market and sell it

Declension

Derived terms

  • ἐμπορεῖον (emporeîon)
  • ἐμπόρευμα (empóreuma)
  • ἐμπορεύομαι (emporeúomai)
  • ἐμπορευτικός (emporeutikós)
  • ἐμπορία (emporía)
  • ἐμποριάρχης (emporiárkhēs)
  • ἐμπορίζομαι (emporízomai)
  • ἐμπορικός (emporikós)
  • ἐμπόριον (empórion)

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